- One-family households make up 67.4 percent of all households in Manawatu-Wanganui Region. For New Zealand as a whole, one-family households make up 69.1 percent of all households.
- 21,633 people (or 26.1 percent) live in one-person households in Manawatu-Wanganui Region. Throughout New Zealand, one-person households make up 23.0 percent of all households.
- The average household size in Manawatu-Wanganui Region is 2.5 people, compared with an average of 2.7 people for all of New Zealand.
| Household Composition, Manawatu-Wanganui Region and New Zealand |
| 2006 Census |
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